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This was actually a dream sequence. Hence Ray being in a Napoleonic general style uniform. The ghost was performing oral sex on Ray.

Because a clearer example of musical plagiarism could not possibly exist. The original song is I Want A New Drug, by Huey Lewis. The bass parts, the keyboard chords during the verses, and especially the chorus are pretty much note for note copied in the song Ghostbusters.

Huey and Ray eventually reached a settlement that included a confidentiality clause.

Huey eventually broke this clause in a 2001 interview with VH1, stating the offensive part was that the film industry bought the song in spite of him telling them it was not for sale. Parker sued Lewis for breaching the confidentiality clause. Whether he won or not has not been learned after reading half a dozen articles.

According to Premiere magazine, the producers of Ghostbusters using I Want A New Drug as a temp track in certain scenes, including one that they sent to Parker for inspiration. So blame those producers.

Yes, in an uncredited role.

When three parapsychologists—Doctors Peter Venkman (Bill Murray), Ray Stantz (Dan Aykroyd), and Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis)—are fired from their positions at New York's Columbia University, they decide to set up shop together and become "ghostbusters" dedicated to trapping ghosts and other nasty spirits. Unfortunately, they're mostly considered to be frauds, until an ancient Sumerian god, Gozer the Gozerian, takes up residence in the high-rise apartment of Dana Barrett (Sigourney Weaver), and it seems that only the Ghostbusters can save the Big Apple.

The script for the motion picture Ghostbusters was written by co-stars Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis, who also wrote the sequel Ghostbusters 2 (1989) (1989). The film has been twice been novelized as Ghostbusters (1984) by Larry Milne and again as Ghostbusters: The Supernatural Spectacular (1985) by Richard Mueller (the movie's popularity also led to two animated television series, The Real Ghostbusters (1986) (later renamed Slimer! And the Real Ghostbusters (1988)) (1986-1991) and Extreme Ghostbusters (1997) (1997) as well as numerous computer and video games. A remake/parody, Ghostbusters (2016)—complete with new-character cameos of the original cast—was released in 2016.

The Board of Regents decided to terminate their grant on the grounds that their theories were "the worst kind of popular tripe," their methods were "sloppy," their conclusions were "highly questionable," and they are all-around "poor scientists." Venkman in particular was accused of using his position with the Psychology Department as some kind of "dodge or hustle."

Zuul the Gatekeeper, Gozer the Sumerian god of Destruction, and Vinz Clortho the Keymaster were all made up for the movie. However, following the release of Ghostbusters, fans made up a number of legacies, rituals and mythologies about them, none of which have any true history.

Ray's remark to Louis in the movie is "You have been a participant in the biggest interdimensional cross rip since the Tunguska blast of 1909!" First, the writers got the year wrong; the event occurred on June 30th, 1908. Ray's talking about a possible meteor strike in southern Central Russia that had a huge blast area.

For the UK television release, approximately six scenes were shortened and swearwords removed.